Corps of Military Police

Cap Badge of the Corps of Military Police (King George V)
Soldier Details:
Surname: Wright
Initials:   E.
Rank:   Sergeant
Army No.:  P/2298
Notes:   MFP. 2/3/1919 Died. Awarded the 1915 Star, Victory and War Medals. First served abroad (1) France, 15/12/1915. He was born in Cowthorpe and enlisted and resided in York. Inscription on gravestone: Thy will be done. Died of illness 2/3/19 at Hunmanby, Yorkshire, Army Register of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929. Info from pension index card: Edward Wright, P/2298, A/Sgt, MFP, Card stamped Dead and Dormant. 2 card as above with name of claimant Mrs Annie Wright, mother born 1860, 2/3/1919 died of pneumonia. Edward Wright.

Casualty Details:
Date Killed: 2nd March 1919
Company: MFP
Cemetery: HUNMANBY (GOD'S ACRE) CEMETERY   UNITED KINGDOM
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